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Thursday, December 1, 1927
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The Headlines
$10,000,000 PROGRAM OF SCHOOL BUILDING HALTED FOR SURVEY; Ryan Takes Drastic Steps to Stop All Construction Till Report on Defects Is Made. ASKS THE MAYOR TO ACT Move Brought On by Data Given by Principals of Leakages in the Newer Buildings. OFFICIALS TO MEET TODAY Talk of Resignation by Gompert, Hylan Appointee, From $25,000 Post as Head of Buildings. SCHOOL BUILDING HALTED FOR SURVEY
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Blue Heaven
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Georgy Zhukov (1896)
- Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792)
- Hasan ibn Ali (624)
- Louis VI of France (1081)
- Anna Komnene (1083)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Electronic TV (Philo Farnsworth), Jukebox (Automatic) & Iron Lung.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
35,982 days ago
(98 years, 212 days)